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' No'. 232,578. Patented Sept. 21,1880.

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,NITITED STA PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS H. WEBSTER, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

.- FRElGHT-CARDOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,578, datedSeptember=21, 1880.

Application filed June 1, 1880 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIs H. WEnsTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Bend, in the.county of St. Joseph and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFreight-Oars and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to doors for reightcars which are to be used inconverting an ordinary box-car into a grai n-car; and the objects of myimprovement are, first, to provide a door which, when the car is to beused for transporting grain, salt, and other similar kinds of freight inbulk, can be placed in the opening formed in the car for the usualsliding door, andthus be made to prevent waste of grain or othersubstances, and at the same time permit the closing andopening of saidsliding doors, but when not required for such purpose can be removed andplaced in some convenient position upon the walls of the car, so as tobe ready for application when required; second, to provide the requisitemeans for holding the door in position for use and for suspending it inthe car when not in use. I attain these objects by the devices shown inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of aportion of a car-body, showing my removable door as secured in itsproper position for permitting the car to be loaded with grain, and alsothe devices for locking it in that position, as well as hooks forsuspending it when not in use. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of aportion of the frame-work of a car-body, showing the removable door assuspended thereto; and Fig. (Sis an outside view of the removable door,showing the devices for locking it in position for use and forsuspending it upon hooks when not in use.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. 7

In constructing doors of this character and for the purpose for whichthis is designed there is provided a sheet of metal or a piece of woodor a series of pieces, A, the length of which is (No model.)

sufficient to cause them to extend across the opening or openings formedin the body of the car, which is covered by the ordinary sliding door,and bear upon the studs or timbers on each side thereof, so that when inposition f r use the pressure of the material upon its inner surfacewill aid in holding it in such position. The width of this door may beas great as desired, but it should be sufficient to cause its upper edgeto extend somewhat above the surface of the grain in the car. Upon theouter surface of-the door there are placed two strips or bars of metal,A A which extend across it in a vertical direction, and are securedthereto byrivets or bolts passing through them,.through the door, andthrough strips B B placed upon the in side thereof, ori n any othersuitable manner. Upon the outer surface of the strips or bars A Aprojections A are formed, they bein g provided with an aperture for thereception of locking bolts or pins A A The strips or bars are alsoprovided with projections A", which, when the door is in position foruse, enter recesses A formed in the post or stud towhich the door issecured, and prevent said door from being raised up by accident orotherwise.

For the purpose of insuring the retention of the pins or bolts A A intheir apertures in the plates or bars A A and in the apertures in thedoor-posts which they enter, the apertures in projections A and A and inthe posts are madein such a manneras to give to the pins when insertedadownward direction, as shown in Fig. 1, so that thejar of the car inrunning shall tend to keep them in position and to effectually preventtheir accidental removal.

When it is desirable to use the car for the transportation of barrels,boxes, lumber, or other kinds of freight which do not require the use ofthe door A, it is removed from its position between the parts to whichit is secured, and may be hung up upon the interior of the car, as shownin Fig. 2, the strips of bars A and A having holes 0 0 formed in themfor that purpose, at which time its lower edge may be secured to thewall'of the carbody by a chain, D, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- 1. The removable door A, provided with strips orbars A A having upon them projections A for holding them in position andlugs A for preventing them from being raised up when in use, and beingprovided withapertures for suspending the door within the car when notin position for use, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a removable cardoor, the strips or bars A Aprovided with angularly-arranged apertures for the reception of pins orbolts for holding said door in position for use, and with projections Afor enterin g recesses formed in the posts of the door.

3. The combination of the removable door Witnesses:

CHARLES EASBY, J OHN G. HAGEN.

